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Point is, so far there aren't any crazy plot holes that they can't explain themselves out of.

Why the hell witmore gets exiled for leaving the island, but Tom and Richard can come and go as they please.

And why the hell he dosent just come back to the island if he wants it so bad. Since he has the resources to send a boat full of people, and the connection to know when its going to show up.

1) That was not what he was exiled for

2) He spent that long trying to find it, and finally did, but knew ben would do everything in his power to stop him so he wanted him removed first. He couldn't just kill him for reasons still unexplained.

he was supposed to be the leader but was exiled because he would spend too much time off the island, indulging himself for his own personal gain; whereas tom and richard were directly ordered to go off and then promptly came back after doing what they were told to do.

He was also exiled because he was "selfish" about the island in some way not fully explained.

In short he was exiled because he was putting his desires above the needs of the island.

Ben said he was being exiled for "breaking the rules" which apparently included leaving the island too much and having a daughter with an "outsider" but could also have been other stuff we don't know about yet.

Let me see ya just bounce it with me.
Just bounce with me.
Just bounce it with me. C'mon,
Let me see ya just slide with me.
Just slide with me.
Just slide with me. C'mon.
Let me see ya take a walk with me.
Just walk with me.
Take a walk with me. C'mon,
And make your neck work.
Now freeze.

You see a volcano or even lava fields anywhere on the island at any point in the past 6 years, Sherlock?

Spoiler:

There is at least one volcano on the Island. Olivia mentions to her class how the Island had volcanic reactions occurring "a long time ago", suggesting it was dormant or extinct. ("The Man Behind the Curtain") Furthermore, the word "crater" is seen on Rousseau's map.

There are several clues to the Island being volcanic. The general topography of the Island is typical of a volcanic island, such as the apparent lava-formed coastlines. The powdery substance surrounding Jacob's cabin also looked similar to volcanic ash. The sign Bernard was making in "S.O.S." consisted of volcanic rocks. Moreover, The Barracks appear to sit in a crater-like formation, possibly a caldera or volcanic crater. ("A Tale of Two Cities") Locke and Charlie also discovered a lava tube being used as a den by one or more polar bears. Finally, Jack and Sayid surmised that the Swan's power source was geothermal. While volcanic activity is not required for geothermal power, it makes the process much easier. Overall, the Island's presumed location in the South Pacific seems to correspond with the notion of it being volcanic, as it is an area falling along the "Ring of Fire," so named because of a high frequency of seismic and volcanic occurrences.

On the DVD commentary track for "The Man Behind the Curtain", Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse point out an Easter egg when Olivia demonstrates the volcano model in her classroom. The producers stated that the volcano on the Island will be "less important than Annie, but still seismic"

thanks, Lostpedia!

Also the rocks that Desmond and his old Hatch buddy had their punch up on looked like Volcanic rocks.